when and where were the envelopes filled with anthrax?
Many weeks ago I argued on this forum
that the envelopes must have been prepared
long in advance.
If the letters were xeroxed outside the USA,
why would the anthrax be added inside the USA??
Why give the dangerous
(suicidal?)
job of filling the envelopes
to unskilled people without a proper lab
when the envelopes much more easily could be filled
by experts in Baghdad, or wherever?
It seems much more likely
(certain?)
that a control freak like Saddam
(or whoever)
would want to keep tight control over this operation
leaving to Atta only the choice of targets.
Speculation, I know, but reasonable speculation.
That may be true of the letters to Daschle, Leahy, the network news anchors and the New York Post, but I doubt it is true of the letter to American Media. That seems much more likely to have been an ad hoc thing, given the proximity of AMI to the hijacker nest, and the connection to AMI through their landlord. The hijackers' inquiries into the availability of crop-dusters, which so far don't seem to have born any fruit, also hint that the operation may not have been completely choreographed beforehand. I wouldn't read too much into that, however. The 9-11 attacks themselves exhibit extraordinary premeditation and discipline, along with touches of sloppiness. That's probably just real world noise. The first criterion used in selecting the operatives for the mission was that they be willing to die. That cuts down the talent pool quite a bit, right there.